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World War III breaks out—a nuclear war in the Northern Hemisphere lasting 37 days.
Chapter 1The short war ends, and all communication from the Northern Hemisphere falls silent.
Chapter 1The American submarine USS Scorpion, now under Australian command, docks in Melbourne.
Chapter 1Two days after Christmas, Lieutenant Commander Peter Holmes reports for duty.
Chapter 1Peter accepts a new post as liaison officer to Dwight Towers, commander of the Scorpion.
Chapter 1At a weekend party, a platonic romance begins between Dwight Towers and Moira Davidson.
Chapter 1Research scientist John Osborne joins the Scorpion team in preparation for their upcoming mission.
Chapter 2Scorpion cruises to ports Cairns, Darwin, and Port Moresby, seeking signs of life.
Chapter 3Scorpion returns to home port having sighted nothing alive except a dog on the wharf at Cairns.
Chapter 3Random radio signals from North America are traced to a naval radio installation near Seattle.
Chapter 4A new assignment sends the Scorpion to cruise the West Coast of North America as far as Seattle.
Chapter 5Investigation of the naval installation reveals the signals are a fluke; no one has survived.
Chapter 6Scorpion returns to port after affirming radiation levels in the Northern Hemisphere remain lethal.
Chapter 6Communication throughout much of the Southern Hemisphere has gone silent.
Chapter 8Only a week or two remain before radiation will sicken and kill the people of Melbourne.
Chapter 8Sick and weak, John Osborne chooses to die seated behind the wheel of his prizewinning Ferrari.
Chapter 9Peter and Mary Holmes die together at home with their baby daughter, Jennifer.
Chapter 9Dwight Towers scuttles the Scorpion, going down with her; Moira Davidson dies watching from shore.
Chapter 9| Chapter | Summary |
|---|---|
| Chapter 1 | The first chapter is preceded by an epigraph consisting of lines taken from the last two stanzas of the poem "The Holl... Read More |
| Chapter 2 | Early the next morning, Peter visits the farmer, Mr. Paul, to see that Mary gets milk and cream regularly while he is at... Read More |
| Chapter 3 | After nine days spent scouting the northern coasts of Australia and nearby islands, Scorpion is back in safe waters and ... Read More |
| Chapter 4 | Dwight and Moira stay overnight at Peter and Mary's home. The next morning, Dwight prepares to go to church, and Moira a... Read More |
| Chapter 5 | Mary is delighted with Peter's choice of playpen for Jennifer. Her only concern is that the baby will use the bars to st... Read More |
| Chapter 6 | Fifteen days into her cruise, Scorpion is 30 degrees south of the equator. She submerges and, ten days later, approaches... Read More |
| Chapter 7 | Maybe two or three months remain before radiation sickness hits Melbourne. Peter agrees to stay on as liaison officer wh... Read More |
| Chapter 8 | On the first day of August, only one thing is troubling Mary: Jennifer is cutting her first tooth. Aside from that, her ... Read More |
| Chapter 9 | On Tuesday morning, for the first time, radio reports acknowledge that radiation sickness has reached Melbourne. Even so... Read More |
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